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Perfect Health Diet shows you how to optimize your diet and lifestyle to eliminate the causes of disease for a lifetime of great health.

The Perfect Health Diet is an ancestral (Paleo, Primal) diet that synthesizes insights from evolutionary biology and the dietary and nutritional literature to offer an innovative, yet ancestral, view of the optimal human diet.

The food is delicious – it resembles gourmet cuisines such as French, Thai, and Chinese. There’s good reason for a healthy diet to be tasty: our brains evolved to make us healthy, so the foods that make us happiest are also the ones that make us healthy. The diet is also less restrictive than other Paleo/Primal diets, making it easier to fit into modern life.

Perfect Health Diet explains the science of good health clearly and comprehensively. If you enjoy science, or want to know the reasons why ancestral diets work and modern diets make us obese and sick, you’ll love the insight you gain as you see many lines of evidence lead to the same conclusions.

I read your book once and now I am reading it the second time. I wonder why your book was not translated into other languages. My english is pretty good, but all the special vocabulary concerning diseases, food, and human organs is quite tough.

If there are no plans for the PHD in Polish yet I wonder if this is similar enough to help people with autoimmune conditions. I need some sort of books similar to PHD to give to some Polish people to help them out with their health.

Hello Paul, I had my lipids checked recently since following PHD for 2 months & my cholesterol (HDL 66, LDL 160, VLDL 8) & trigycerides (42) were in the ranges given in your book & of course the Dr recommended statins which is crazy. He said my Lipoprotein (a) is 282 & said that indicates a high risk of heart disease. Do I have anything to be worried about with high Lipoprotein (a), & if so could you please tell me how to lower it?

Lp(a) is largely genetic and is not easily altered, see e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10461709. Your numbers actually signify extremely low cardiovascular risk. I would focus on bringing LDL down toward 130 by eating more carbs, supplementing a low dose of iodine, and addressing any subclinical hypothyroidism.

If you want to please your doctor, alcohol lowers Lp(a), so you could drink more.

My understanding is that high Lp(a) is a very strong risk factor for heart disease independent of other lipid values and other factors. I have had my Lp(a) measured twice: once 18 months ago and it was 220, and once last week and it was 140. Normal value is <50, preferably <30. I have a family history of stroke and heart disease, including early death from heart attack.

Everything I read online about very elevated Lp(a) terrifies me, but I feel powerless to change anything. Can you help me understand the true implications of very elevated Lp(a)? I don't know what to do with this information.

The only difference I can isolate between the two Lp(a) measurements (that might explain the decrease) is that just prior to the most recent test I finished a round of SIBO treatment (herbal abx) and had been taking DIM to reduce excess estrogen. At the time of the first Lp(a) test, I had undiagnosed SIBO.

My functional med doc prescribed high dose (500-1000mg/day) niacin as treatment but I am reluctant due to your info on niacin drawbacks. Would love your thoughts.

PS: My LDL levels had gone done with the increase in carbs you suggested, but I recently did a parasite/candida clease & was low carb during, so now that I’m reminded that the recommendation for bringing LDL down is more carb – I will begin making that adjustment again.
Thanks.

Also, I asked my Dr to test C-reactive protein, but protein c activity (APC) was ordered instead – & it can back elevated – 192%. Would you be concerned? I’ve read that it could mean fatty liver, & or Vit K deficiency – I take 100 mgJarrow MK7, & 5000 IU Jarrow D3 daily. Have been on a cleanse/detox protocol since March & have done 5 liver/gallbladder flushes releasing about 500 stones so far. What are your thoughts on this test result, & the flushes?
Thank you.

Hello Paul, now 2 1/2 years later my lipids are HDL 94, LDL 173, & Triglycerides (59) & the Dr is still pushing the statins – even with the high HDL & low Tryglycerides – which I politely decline. Also, pre-PHD my TSH had gotten up to 2.99 & I just finally got it under 1 at( .86).
I would like your opinion on mercury detox. Are you familiar with the Quicksilver Scientific protocol with IMD by Christopher Shade, & if so what are your thoughts? Also, what is your opinion on Liver/Gallbladder flush with the Epsom salts & olive oil/grapefruit juice mixture?
Thanks so much.

The 2012 Scribner/Scribe editions radically updated the 2010 YinYang Press edition, doubling the length and revising the material substantially. It was almost a new book. Then in 2013 in the US there was a paperback release with some extra recipes, otherwise no significant changes.

On the first page of every chapter at the bottom there is a direction to the references: http://perfecthealthdiet.com/notes/. They were put online because they would have added 70 pages to the book which would have been exorbitantly expensive to print.

Not sure if my question was sent as I had an error a come up.
I have just received my copy of your book from Amazon UK. Do I understand that you have an updated edition coming out? In which case I shall fell quite aggrieved!!!

Is it about time you do an update to the book? I think there is enough new materials that you have written in the website that can make a nice update to the book. I’m especially looking for anymore research you may have gathered with regards to gut bacteria and how they impact our bodies.

No, I think the current version of the book is very solid. We did a lot of blogging between 2010 and 2012 and that allowed us to make substantial revisions in the 2012 edition, which we’re still very happy with.

We’ll have a cookbook coming out later this year and probably a gastronomy book the following year, those will have new material that complements the existing book. Those could have some gut bacteria related material that you’re seeking.

If we did do a revision to the Scribner book, it would probably be after we’ve written a lifestyle book, then we could remove the lifestyle material in Perfect Health Diet and free up space for diet/nutrition topics. But I think we would need years to get everything together to justify that.

I purchased the PHD mp3 book about a year ago from Amazon.com. I just now got around to listening to it and I got to the end of the first disk to find that the second disk is a completely different book! Amazon.com can’t refund me because it’s been a year, so I’m wondering if there’s something you can do? I know it’s not your fault, but I’d happily take a burnt CD in the mail. The second disk is all I need. Stopping in the middle of a book is torture!

Hi,
I read your book twice already and am in almost physical pain now when I see my parents eat the way they eat. Given the fact that we are from Germany and their understanding of the English language is more or less non-existent, I wonder if you have taken steps to make the book available in German so that I can make them read it 🙂
Thanks a lot in advance for your answer,
Falk

Hi Paul,
I can no longer find the UK edition of your book available to buy. Is it out of print? Only the kindle version, Australian version or various other US versions. How can I get hold of a UK one please?
Thanks

Thanks Paul. Strange that the Book Depository.com have the same problem.
My UK edition of the book that I have has ISBN 9781922247018 on it. I’ve bought a few copies over the last few months and never had a problem finding it.

It seems it is out of stock everywhere at the moment. Hopefully not for long.

Looks like a great read to have around! I have been reading Michael Galitzer’s Outstanding Heath and it’s been a great asset to me! oustandinghealthbook.com is his book site, he’s great on energy and that is so important!

It’s almost identical, but (a) units are SI (metric) instead of English, and (b) a few dozen illustrative examples and statistics in the book have been localized to Australia rather than the US (sentences like “the obesity rate has risen from X to Y in Z”).

Also, the 2013 US paperback edition has some capsule recipes that were added. The Australian edition is based on the US hardcover (2012) edition.

Hey Paul, I have had some problems with the recommended ratios for macros. I find that if fat is my highest ratio I develop gout. If I eat more protein and keep my carbs and fat equal the gout goes away. Im concerned about the affect on my kidneys and possibly MTor. My carbs are all vegetable and a small amount of fruit. Any thoughts

You are way too low carb, don’t count vegetables as providing any carb calories and “a small amount of fruit” is not going to provide enough carbs either. Gout is usually due to excess fructose or alcohol consumption, possibly in combination with omega-6 fats. Try switching from omega-6 to saturated fats, cutting alcohol, and eating more starch.

I am trying to buy your book on audible and I get the message:
“We’re sorry. Due to publishing rights restrictions, we are not authorized to sell this item in the country where you live.”
How can I buy an audiobook ?

Dear Paul,
I read the book, some sections very carefully and some other sections just scanned. I found that there is not much for vegetarians. For example for protein we only have milk and milk products. Therefore my questions are what could be the other possible sources for vegetarian for protein? is Milk protein enough, how much of it ?

Eggs. Vegetables (although the protein content is small, the protein:calorie ratio is not, so if you eat a lot it will improve protein status). In general, choosing to be a vegetarian is choosing to be on a relatively low protein diet. Milk is a good source of protein.

I purchased your Kindle edition several years ago and would also like a hardcopy now so I can reference information more easily. I want t make sure that I get the latest edition. When I go to the link on your site to Amazon, it appears as 2012. Can you offer a link to the most up-to-date hardcopy/paperback version? Thanks, Lisa

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